Bright-sided: How Positive Thinking is Undermined AmericaBarbara Ehrenreich's Bright-sided is a sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism |
Contents
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The Bright Side of Cancer | 15 |
two The Years of Magical Thinking | 45 |
three The Dark Roots of American Optimism | 74 |
four Motivating Business and the Business of Motivation | 97 |
five God Wants You to Be Rich | 123 |
The Science of Happiness | 147 |
seven How Positive Thinking Destroyed the Economy | 177 |
eight Postscript on Post Positive Thinking | 195 |
Notes | 207 |
Acknowledgments | 225 |
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Bright-sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America Barbara Ehrenreich No preview available - 2010 |